Kabubo-Mariara, JaneKaranja, Fredrick K2012-06-062012-06-062007-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7276This paper measures the economic impact of climate on crops in Kenya. The analysis is based on cross-sectional climate, hydrological, soil, and household level data for a sample of 816 households, and uses a seasonal Ricardian model. Estimated marginal impacts of climate variables suggest that global warming is harmful for agricultural productivity and that changes in temperature are much more important than changes in precipitation. This result is confirmed by the predicted impact of various climate change scenarios on agriculture. The results further confirm that the temperature component of global warming is much more important than precipitation. The authors analyze farmers' perceptions of climate variations and their adaptation to these, and also constraints on adaptation mechanisms. The results suggest that farmers in Kenya are aware of short-term climate change, that most of them have noticed an increase in temperatures, and that some have taken adaptive measures.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL DIVERSITYAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL SYSTEMSAGRICULTUREAIRALLUVIAL SOILSALTITUDEARABLE AREASARABLE LANDARID ZONESATMOSPHEREAVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALLBARLEYBEANSCAPITA INCOMESCASH CROPSCASHEW NUTSCASSAVACLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATE EFFECTSCLIMATE FORECASTSCLIMATE RESEARCHCLIMATE SENSITIVITYCLIMATE VARIABILITYCLIMATE VARIABLESCLIMATE VARIATIONCLIMATE ZONESCLIMATESCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCLIMATIC ZONESCLOUDSCO2COCONUTCOFFEECOMMODITIESCORNCOTTONCROPCROP AGRICULTURECROP DAMAGECROP DIVERSIFICATIONCROP MIXCROP PRODUCTIONCROP VARIETIESCROP YIELDCROP YIELDSCROPLANDSCROPSDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDRAINAGEDROUGHTDRY LANDECOLOGICAL ZONEECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTECONOMIC IMPACTSECONOMICSEL NINOELASTICITIESELASTICITYEMPIRICAL ANALYSISENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICSENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEVAPORATIONEVAPOTRANSPIRATIONFAOFARMFARM INCOMESFARM MANAGEMENTFARM REVENUESFARMERFARMERSFARMINGFARMING SYSTEMSFARMSFERTILIZATIONFERTILIZERSFIELD CROPSFLOODINGFLOODSFOOD CROPSFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFORESTFORESTRYFORESTSFROSTGCMGDPGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTGLOBAL WARMINGGRAZINGGREENHOUSE GASESGROUNDWATERHABITATHORTICULTURAL CROPSHYDROLOGICAL DATAHYDROLOGYHYDROMETEOROLOGYINCOMEINPUT PRICESINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEIPCCIRRIGATIONLABOR FORCELAKESLAND USELAND VALUELOAM SOILSMAIZEMAIZE PRODUCTIONMARKET PRICESMETEOROLOGYMIDDLE EASTMILLETMIXED CROPPINGMULTIPLE CROPPINGNATURAL CAPITALNITROGENOCEANSPASTORALISMPASTORALISTSPHOSPHOROUSPHOTOSYNTHESISPLANT BREEDINGPLANTINGPLANTING DATESPOPULATION GROWTHPOTASSIUMPOTENTIAL IMPACTSPRECIPITATIONPRODUCERSPRODUCTION FUNCTIONSPRODUCTIVITYRAINRAINFALLRAINY SEASONRANGELANDSRECYCLINGRICERICE PRODUCTIONRIVERRIVER BASINSRIVERSROCKSRUNOFFRURAL DEVELOPMENTSAHELSATELLITESSAVINGSSEASEEDSHADINGSMALL FARMERSSNOWSNOW COVERSOILSOIL CLASSIFICATIONSOIL CONSERVATIONSOIL EROSIONSOIL FERTILITYSOIL TYPESOIL TYPESSOILSSORGHUMSPRINGSUGARCANESUNFLOWERSURFACE AIR TEMPERATURESURFACE TEMPERATURESUSTAINABLE WATERTEATEMPERATURETEMPERATURE CHANGESTEMPERATURE DATATREESVARIABLE COSTSVEGETATIONWAGE RATESWATER HARVESTINGWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCESWATER SUPPLYWATER USEWEATHERWEATHER EVENTSWEATHERINGWETLANDSWHEATWORLD FOOD SUPPLYYIELDSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4334